Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,188,640
Entries
646
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
221
Players Left
105
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
The players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
A rough two hands saw Banksy's stack plummet to zero as both Daniel Abrahamsson and Edgard Raffoul benefitted.
First, Banksy made it 2,000 to go on the button and then called the 10,000-chip three-bet from Abrahamsson, who was in the big blind.
On the 8♣8♠J♥ flop, Banksy called a bet of 5,500 from Abrahamsson and both watched the 3♦ peel off on the turn. Again Abrahamsson bet, this time for 14,500, which again Banksy called.
Both then knuckled the table on the 10♦ river, and Abrahamsson's 10♠9♠ was good for the pot with a rivered pair of tens.
Shortly after, Banksy had his remaining stack of just under 30,000 in the middle and was put at risk by Edgard Raffoul.
Banksy: Q♠Q♦
Edgard Raffoul: A♦K♠
The pocket queens looked good for a double-up on the 10♠10♥2♥4♠ board, but the A♥ on the river gave Raffoul a pair of aces and left Banksy out of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Banksy made it 1,700 to go from under the gun and the button called. Boris Kolev was in the small blind and made a three-bet to 10,000, which only Banksy called.
On he 10♠6♦4♣ flop, a chunky continuation-bet of 16,000 got the job done from Kolev as Banksy quickly laid his cards down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
|
90,000 | |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
125,000 | |
|
110,000 | |
|
|
105,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
95,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
90,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
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Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
On a board of 3♠2♠8♥4♣, there were around 20,000 chips in the pot when Eimantas Adomavicius checked from early position and Gerard Carbo Santamaria bet 13,500 from the button. Adomavicius called.
An 8♠ on the river changed the texture of the board as the flush draw came in and also put a pair out there. Adomavicius checked again, then Santamaria went for a smaller sizing of 15,000. Adomavicius took some time to think about it but eventually folded, and Santamaria took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Daniel Kraus made it 1,200 from middle position and Nerses Sargsian called in the hijack. Ege Guven called in the cutoff before Grigorii Rodin bumped it up to 12,000 from the big blind. Kraus and Sargsian folded, and Guven called.
On the 4♦4♠10♦ flop, Rodin put out a continuation-bet of 6,400, which Guven called to see the J♠ roll off on the turn. Without much hesitation, Rodin shoved 80,000 into the middle, and after a short time deliberating, Guven folded with around 40,000 behind.
Rodin finished seventh in the Warm Up at the 2025 Western Series, and will be looking to use that momentum to make another deep run here.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
